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Spain votes to stop Catalonia independence referendum
Spain's parliament voted on Tuesday to block the northern region of Catalonia from holding a referendum on independence, the latest step in a growing political battle between Barcelona and Madrid in the midst of a deepening economic downturn.
The motion to permit the referendum was brought to the lower house by the Catalan ERC party but was voted down by the ruling conservatives (PP), which hold an absolute majority, the opposition Socialists (PSOE) and the smaller UPyD party.
The heavily indebted region, responsible for a fifth of the country's economic output, voted in favor of holding the referendum at the end of September, in defiance of Madrid.
Source and full story: Yahoo News / Reuters, 9 Oct 2012
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Re: Spain votes to stop Catalonia independence referendum
The bankers, politicians, and corporate lords do not like their slaves gettng independence. Catalan will only get independence by force (i.e. war). Until then, its debt will continue to explode, and its masses will increasingly starve. One alternative would be for Catalan to create its own currency.